| Data Protection Act 1998 | Schools are required to keep information secure and it can only be used for the purpose it was gathered for. | The Children and Families Act 2014 | Intended to ensure that all children with Special Educational Needs are supported in schools | Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 | Designed to protect everyone within the school and give procedures to follow in the event of an accident. | Task 2 Complete the table below to show how the various pieces of legislation affect the day-to-day running of a school. An example has been started for you. Data Protection Act 1998 | Affects schools by having to follow the following guidelines: Schools must register all personal data they hold and state the purposes for which it is required to be held and all processing undertaken by schools must be fair and lawful, accurate and up-to-date, and the data held must be adequate, relevant, not excessive and be held for no longer than is necessary.
12. Do not allow anyone to bouncy on the front safety step as a child could easily bounce off the inflatable and get hurt. The step is there to assist users in getting on and off. 13. Ensure that no-one with a history of neck or back problems is allowed on the bouncy castle as indeed any child that is feeling unwell.
Legislations and laws: The children act 2004: places a duty of care on organisations such as nurseries, doctors, schools and agencies to protect and promote the wellbeing of children and young people. Data protection act 1998: covers personal information about individuals which is held by organisations. The data protection act places responsibility on an organisation to only use the data when needed; keep it secure; make sure its accurate; and keep it up to date. 1.2 Describe the roles of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and young people • Health visitor- often the health visitor can be the first to discover abuse and have a duty of care to refer suspected abuse to social services. • Social Services- a service that has the power to investigate cases of suspected abuse and can offer the correct support for children.
Only one violent student can jeopardize the safety of others. In order to feel safe in schools, I believe locker searches should be allowed routinely and without notice to students and faculty. Searching lockers ensures that all students and school personnel will be safe. “The school owns these lockers and might search them at anytime” (Wisconsin). Lockers are loaned to students to keep their school related materials in throughout the day.
Task 1 Health and Safety 1.1 This is an outline of the Health and Safety policy of my work setting which is St Mary's R.C Primary school. St Mary's aim for Health and Safety are to protect personnel, whether it is employees, pupils or members of the general public visiting the schools premises from any foreseeable. This also includes contractors and their employees. The policy was written by the Health and Safety Co-ordinator in liaison with the Head teacher approved by the Governing body and reviewed by the Governing body policy review committee on 21st June 2013. The head teacher (Mr Davey), governors and staff of the school have many responsibilities’.
208.1.1 Describe how current Health and Safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the school The key points of this act are to make further provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons in the workplace. For protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of people at work. To find this information I researched HSE.gov.uk The School promotes Health and Safety for children and staff and others using the school premises. The school always sends a letter to parents to ask if their children have any disabilities, ailments or allergies that we need to know of, inhalers and relevant medication are kept in the school office. There is a strict rule that needs to be followed concerning children being picked up from school and if parents cannot pick their children up, meaning someone else picking them up, the school needs to know to avoid any risks of child abduction.
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You can ensure this is followed by taking all the necessary steps to safeguard and promote the welfare of the child, which are ensuring the building is safe and secure, this can be by having the school gates closed and locked so nobody can get in and out without permission and also having people sign in and out, having sensors doors around the school that can only be accessed with fobs. Ensuring there are no risks by doing regular risk assessments and removing any hazards. Promote good health by preventing spread of infection, this could be by advising the child stays off school (viral) or covering the infected area, you can also promote good health by proving healthy snacks and promoting hand washing. Childs behavior must be managed either by rewarding good behavior or following procedures for bad behavior; this could be removing them from the situation and explaining what they have done wrong, maybe giving them time to think about what they have done. 2.1, 2.2 There are a number of potential conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and an individual’s rights such as the child’s information being shared.
Other relevant acts within the Health and Safety Act relating to early Years are: * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) This Act details how to protect children from dangerous chemicals (including cleaning materials and medicines). It includes regulations about storage and usage. * RIDDOR -
Play workers are responsible for ensuring that the provisions of the Health and Safety policy are adhered to at all times (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/childcare/playscheme/policy/safety.html Last Accessed 20/10/13). They are required to take responsibility for their own health and safety as well as that of other people or children in setting. The Childcare Act of 2006: 14 National Standards applied to different childcare settings in England and Wales until September 2008. Ofsted is in charge of registering playgroups, childminders, nurseries, crèches etc, and ensures that all of these meet the standards. The standards then became a part of the statutory framework of the EYFS (England).